Homeskillet Music Presents

The triple-EP release of Homeskillet Music Presents was a Homeskillet Records compilation album featuring Asterisk, the National Biscuit Company, and Siphon. It was recorded and released in the summer of 1996.

Background
In the summer of 1996, all three Homeskillet bands—Siphon, National Biscuit Company (formerly Drywall), and Asterisk—were eager to record new material. Siphon and NBC had progressed musically since their respective 1995 debut releases, Can I Finish? and No Mustard. Asterisk, which replaced The Lids when Jason Sisk left the band, was no longer recognizable as the band that had released 7 Layers of Goodness. Each of the bands had written new songs in the summer of 1996 that were among the strongest in its catalog (Siphon's "Boot Song" and "Anorexia," NBC's "Take Me Home" and "Deposit My Love"; Asterisk's "Later Than Now" and "Oh, My Dear").

All of the bands felt that releasing new music on cassette would be unwise, but none of the bands could cover the cost of duplicating and packaging compact discs. Because the three groups worked so closely together, they agreed to pool their resources and release a single CD featuring an EP from each band.